The Albuquerque City Council has agreed to help out New Mexico farmers.

The city will loan 15,000 acre-feet of water to the Middle Rio Grande Conservancy District to extend the irrigation season. The water will come from the city's supply of San Juan-Chama water, stored in Abique reservoir.

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And the San Juan River will also be getting more water -- from the Navajo Reservoir.

The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation scheduled higher releases from the reservoir Tuesday for the second time in five days. The bureau had dropped flows in late July, but the agency is required to release enough water from the reservoir to keep the river running at a rate of at least 425 cubic feet per second.